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WORLDHISTORY PROJECTORIGINS / LESSON 6.7OPENERQUICK VOCABUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Quick Vocab”, OER Project, www.oerproject.com/1PurposeIn this quick activity, you’ll review some of the vocabulary you’ve learned and preview a couple of new terms. Reinforcing vocabulary will help you understand the content covered in this lesson.Process1.Review the vocab terms in the left-hand column. Circle the terms you’re already familiar with and put a star next to those you’re unfamiliar with.2.Next, match each term on the left with its definition on the right by drawing a line. Vocab TermDefinitioncommodityTo spend with the intention of gaining some benefit.financeSomething or someone that exists naturally in a particular location.capitalismThe blending of different belief systems to create something new.indigenousA raw material that can be bought and sold.investAn economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market.syncretismThe management of money or other assets.
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS / LESSON 6.7OPENERQUICK VOCAB23.Pick two vocab terms from the list above and write one sentence for each of them about the expansion of empires and new transoceanic connections during the first global age.Term:Sentence:Term:Sentence: